WD: Find/Replace <End Of Word> Malfunctions with Punctuation

• Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a
• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a

SYMPTOMS

When you use Pattern Matching to find punctuation at the end of a word, Word finds every instance of that punctuation.

WORKAROUND

Method 1

1. On the Edit menu, click Find (Replace).



2. Select the Pattern Matching check box.



3. Click the No Formatting button, if available; otherwise, go to step 4.



4. Click the Special button and choose End of Word >.



5. In the Find What box, after the > type the punctuation you want to find and press the spacebar. The Find What box should now look like as follows:

   >:space




6. Click the Find Next button.

Method 2

1. On the Edit menu, click Find (Replace).



2. Select the Pattern Matching check box.



3. Click the No Formatting button, if available; otherwise, go to step 4.



4. Click the Special button and choose End of Word >.



5. In the Find What box, after the > type in the punctuation being searched for. Then click the Special button again and select Beginning of Word <. The Find What box should now look as follows:

   >:<




6. Click the Find Next button.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article.

REFERENCES

For additional information on using the Edit Find/Replace feature, please see Word Help for your version of Word.

Word 7.x

1. On the Help menu, click Microsoft Word Help Topics.



2. Click the Find tab.



3. In the "Type the word(s) you want to find", type Pattern Matching.



4. In the "Click a topic...", select "Find and replace text using complex criteria", then click the Display button.

Word 6.x

1. On the Help menu, click "Search for help on...".



2. In the Search dialog box, type Pattern Matching and click the Show Topics button.



3. In the "Select a topic...", select "Finding and replacing text by using advanced search criteria".

Additional query words: editfind editreplace 8.0 8.00

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Version : MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a; WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto